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  3. Three years ago, California’s rivers and reservoirs were at record low levels. Governor Jerry Brown declared a drought state of【

Three years ago, California’s rivers and reservoirs were at record low levels. Governor Jerry Brown declared a drought state of【

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问题     Three years ago, California’s rivers and reservoirs were at record low levels. Governor Jerry Brown declared a drought state of【C1】________and called upon all Californians to save water in "every way possible."
    Hegel, the director of purchasing for a Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, went to a trade show in search of new ways for his hotel to【C2】________with Brown’s call, and he was attracted by a salesman’s【C3】________. The vendor handed Hegel a test tube【C4】________with white nylon beads half the size of a mint (薄荷糖)and told Hegel that it would not only save him hundreds of thousands of dollars but the environment too. Those "magic beads" were the key【C5】________of an ultra-low water laundry system developed by the U. K. cleaning company Xeros.
    The salesman said Xeros washers would【C6】________superior cleaning results compared with conventional washers, while using 50 percent less energy, 50 percent less detergent and 80 percent less water. Hegel was【C7】________, but with thousands of pounds of dirty sheets to wash each week, he decided to give one machine a try.
    "After installing the first machine, we found that it【C8】________used 90 percent less water and very little chemicals—and the laundry results were【C9】________," he says. "Our director of housekeeping was ecstatic(欣喜若狂的)."
    These new machines look similar to modern washers, but could【C10】________the biggest leap forward in the laundry industry since electric-powered washing machines rendered wringers (衣物绞干机) outdated in the early 20th century.
    A) actually      F) emergency    K) obey
    B) claim        G) eventually    L) represent
    C) comply      H) filled        M) resolve
    D) component   I) group         N) significant
    E) deliver       J) incredible     O) skeptical

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答案C
解析 动词辨析题。由空格前的不定式符号to可知，空格处应填入动词原形，并且和with搭配使用。根据第一段可知，州长号召全州人民节约用水。而空格所在句提到，洛杉矶一家希尔顿酒店的采购主管黑格尔参加了一次商展，以期为酒店找到新的节水方式，________州长的号召。去寻找新的节水方式“符合”州长的号召，结合备选项，comply“遵守，服从”能和with搭配使用，符合题意，故C)comply为答案。
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